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While the uptick in the unemployment rate in January may seem like bad news, the reason it rose actually shows the labor market returning to normal.
The job market continued to improve in December, but a stagnating labor pool will pose more challenges for employers in 2022.
The US economy ended 2021 with a lot of uncertainty and serious problems, such as inflation. How will economists know if things are improving in 2022?
The widely reported unemployment rate – currently 6.3% – doesn’t fully reflect the reality of joblessness in the US economy.
An economist explains why the long-term drop in the participate rate is an even bigger problem for the US economy than the May slowdown in jobs growth.
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, The College of Wooster
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Dayton
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Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney
